CHAPTER 52***EXPLORATION DAY***

It was finally the day of exploration. "There would be cases of death". The words of the middle aged man reverberated in their ears. " what the", "" i didn't bargain for this", "i'm done". The mummers of some students became audible. " do not interrupt me". The voice of the announcer was projected across the whole area. The students all stopped their mutterings as soon as they heard the voice. "The cause of the deaths won't just be because of the attacks from dimensional creatures, it will also be caused by human greed". The announcer continued. The students all listened attentively. After the long speech, a large portal appeared above the students teleporting them into the dimensional birthplace. Students began to group themselves but Chen began to walk deeper into the cave. Inside the cave was large, it was like another fantasy world, several tunnels were intertwined in the cave. Chen took a random tunnel, the other students also picked random tunnels to explore. Damian smiled seeing Chen walking in on his own. " it is high time to become independent". Damian thought inwardly. He too did not group up, deciding to explore the cave on his own. The tunnel Chen picked led him to a small pond. The pond was full of colorful fishes and the athmosphere there was calm and peaceful. Standing there alone had made him forget about the dangers in the cave. As he continually stared at the pond, he lost himself to the bliss and peaceful nature of the pond. *Splash*. The sound of something hitting the water was heard and as soon as it landed, it quickly disappeared. Chen woke up from his trance. "What was that?". He asked

inwardly. He was about to leave the peaceful pond when the pond began to shake violently. Chen turned around.

*HISS*

The hissing of a water snake was heard, he turned around and saw a large water snake protruding out of the surface of the pond. The water snake opened its wide mouth shoiting out a jet of flowing water. Chen jumped sideways, avoiding the attack. He looked up and the snake was already above him hissing violently. The snake crashed into him with its mouth wide open and fangs ready to pierce Chen. Chen quickly summoned his blood daggers using it to parry the snake's fangs. " such condensed water energy". Chen noticed, The condensed water was tough. He used his strength to parry the snake's head to the side using its earlier momentum against it. The snake's neck became open for attacks and he wouldn't waste the opportunity, he slashed at its neck. *Clang*. The daggers came into contact with a water shield set up by the snake. This little time wasted had given the snake the chance to gain its balance and it shot out another jet stream of water at Chen. This time, the jet of water was more condensed and thinner, it was specially meant for piercing. Chen knew that he couldn't depend in raw strength to block this attack, the only available option was to make efficient use of his daggers or else he might die. He combined both of the daggers to form a single sword which he used to cut through the needle like jet of water. After cutting through it, he slashed at the water snake cutting it into two. The water snake fell into the water. "Finally". Chen breathed a sigh of relief. " but what trigged the snake from turning violent, it acted like something was taken away from it". Chen muttered to himself. The pond began to vibrate again and soon the snake emerged from the water again.